Definitions
1.nounA person born to a legally married couple.
2.verbTo make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
3.adjectiveIn accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
4.adjectiveConforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid."legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method"
5.adjectiveAuthentic, real, genuine."legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions"
6.adjectiveLawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
7.adjectiveRelating to hereditary rights.